note that the traditional interpretation advocates for balance w/ nature, equating the status of man & flora, thru the vehicle of anthromorphization, implicitly acknowledging that personhood is granted only to those with consciousness, subverting it's own point in the process!
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RT @liminal_warmth
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein is a beautiful, heartwarming book...
...as a metaphor for capitalism and the divine right of man's…
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